William Snow Miller

physician, professor, lung anatomist, b. Sterling, Mass. He graduated from Yale Univ. (M.D., 1879) and practiced medicine in the East until 1887 when he left his position in Southbury, Conn., to enter the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. There he undertook special studies in pathology and histology, and began a lifetime interest and study of lung structure and anatomy. In 1892, already internationally recognized as a lung anatomist, he came to the Univ. of Wisconsin as instructor in vertebrate anatomy. In 1904 he was made professor of anatomy, and in 1924 retired to emeritus status. Much of his most important work was done following his retirement. Miller is credited with systematizing lung physiology, and his monograph, The Lung, (1937), is recognized as a classic in its field. Who's Who in Amer., 20 (1938); M. Curti and V. Carstensen, Univ. of Wis. (2 vols., Madison, 1949); Madison Wis. State Journal, Dec. 27, 1939; Time, Mar. 15, 1937.